Old Testament Commentary Survey by Longman III Tremper

Author:Longman III, Tremper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bible. O.T.—Commentaries—History and criticism, REL006160, Bible. O.T.—Commentaries—Bibliography, REL006210
ISBN: 9781441241405
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2013-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Proverbs

Aitken, K. T. Proverbs. DSB. Westminster John Knox, 1986. 276 pp.

The introduction to this volume is one of the more critical of the series, although the bulk of the commentary provides helpful information. Interestingly, Aitken orders the material in Proverbs 10 and afterward in a topical rather than textual format. LM

Clifford, R. J. Proverbs. OTL. Westminster John Knox/SCM, 1999. xvi/286 pp.

This commentary puts more emphasis on text criticism, philology, and ancient Near Eastern background than some of the other commentaries listed here. His exposition of the meaning of the Hebrew is a little less substantial than that of other commentaries, but it is still very good. MS

Fox, M. V. Proverbs 1–9. AYBC. Yale University Press, 2000. xix/474 pp.

This is an excellent commentary both because the series allows more space than other commentaries and because Fox is a master interpreter. The only drawback is that it covers just the first nine chapters. Hopefully, we will not have to wait too long for the rest of the commentary to appear. MS

Garrett, D. A. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. NAC. Broadman, 1993. 448 pp.

See also under Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. Garrett’s introduction is an interesting and helpful conservative approach to the issues of historical and literary structure. His comments on the text itself are helpful but too brief. LM

Horine, M. P. Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. SHBC. Smyth and Helwys, 2003. 579 pp.

The commentary has a pleasing format but not a lot of substance. LM

Hubbard, D. A. Proverbs. ComC. Word, 1989. 487 pp.

While somewhat more scholarly in tone than other commentaries in ComC, Hubbard’s contribution is still quite readable and achieves the purposes of the series. The introduction, before beginning the commentary proper, highlights six principles of interpretation. Hubbard gives important guidelines to properly understanding the book’s forms of speech and literary devices. The section on Proverbs 10ff. orders the discussion by topic rather than verse by verse. LM

Kidner, D. Proverbs. TOTC. InterVarsity, 1964. 192 pp.

This small commentary is packed with helpful insight and comments on the text. It is exegetically sensitive, theologically helpful, and orthodox. However, for serious study of Proverbs it should be supplemented by a fuller commentary like McKane’s. LM

Longman, T., III. Proverbs. BCOTWP. Baker Academic, 2006. 592 pp.

You can guess my feelings on this commentary. I wouldn’t have published it if I didn’t like it! In this commentary, the focus is on the theological and ethical message of the book. Crucial to the interpretation of Proverbs is the figure of Woman Wisdom, taken as a personification of Yahweh’s wisdom and even Yahweh himself. Chapters 10–31 are understood to be relatively randomly organized bits of advice, prohibitions, encouragements, and warnings. The appendix of the commentary contains approximately thirty essays synthesizing Proverbs’s teaching on such subjects as wealth, family, business, ethics, and more. LM

McKane, W. Proverbs: A New Approach. OTL. Westminster John Knox/SCM, 1970. xvii/670 pp.

This commentary is a significant contribution to the study of Proverbs, even if the critical conclusions are difficult to appreciate. McKane differentiates the instruction genre of 1–9; 22:17–24:22; and 31:1–9 from the sentence literature of 10–22:16; 24:23–34; and 25–29.

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